Officers getting some last minute things done before police department can officially open in Pendleton

For the first time in a decade, Pendleton will have its own police force again

Officers getting some last minute things done before police department can officially open in Pendleton

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Updated: 8:46 PM EDT Jul 27, 2016

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WEBVTT ARE GETTING LAST-MINUTE THINGS DONE BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT CAN OFFICIALLY OPEN UP. WYFF NEWS 4'S MANDY GAITHER HAS MORE FROM PENDLETON. REPORTER: A TEMPORARY SIGN IS NOW UP. THESE OFFICERS ARE READY FOR PATROL, AND EVERYTHING IS SET FOR OPENING DAY ON MONDAY. >> I'M REALLY GLAD Y'ALL ARE GOING TO BE HERE. CLICK -- >> OH, WE ARE TOO. REPORTER: THEY'RE NOT QUITE OPEN FOR BUSINESS JUST YET BUT, PENDLETON OFFICERS ARE ALREADY HEARING FROM THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE TOWN. >> SOMETIMES THERE'S CONCERNS SUCH AS HERS THERE'S BEEN EVERYTHING FROM CAR BREAK-INS DRUG ACTIVITY AND OF COURSE EVERYBODY COMES IN AND COMPLAINS ABOUT TRAFFIC. WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CONCERNS UPFRONT. REPORTER: JOHN MARANO SAYS THE FIRST THING HE WANTS TO DO IS GET OUT AND TALK TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT WILL BE BE TONY GLENN WHO'S FIRST ON DUTY MONDAY MORNING AT THE 3-MAN POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE WAS AN OFFICER IN PENDLETON BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT DISSOLVED , AND SAYS IT IS DIFFERENT NOW. >> THE TOWN HAS GROWN. SO HAS THE CRIME. SO MY CALL VOLUME WILL BE MORE THAN IT WAS 16 YEARS AGO. REPORTER: BUT, HE AND CHIEF DOYLE BURDETTE HOPE IN TIME THIS DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO GROW. THE BADGES AND PATCHES ARE NOW IN. BODY CAMS ARE BEING WORKED ON. >> THIS IS THE RECEIVER. THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS OF ACTIVATING IT. REPORTER: OFFICERS HAVE GUNS. AND WHILE THE OFFICIAL UNVEILING OF THEIR PATROL CARS WILL BE SUNDAY, THIS IS A PICTURE OF WHAT THEY WILL LOOK LIKE. >> WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY SOME HICCUPS, BECAUSE EVERY PLAN'S GOOD UNTIL THE FIRST SHOT'S FIRED, AND THEN YOU SEE WHAT YOU GOT, SO OVERALL WE'RE JUST EXTREMELY EXCITED BECAUSE IT'S JUST GOING TO BE FUN. REPORTER: JUST FIVE DAYS AWAY FROM A NEW PENDLETON POLICE FORCE. A KICKOFF CEREMONY WILL HAPPEN SUNDAY NIGHT AT 5 P.M. ON THE VILLAGE GREEN. MANDY GAITHER, WYFF NEWS 4 IN

For the first time in a decade, Pendleton will have its own police force again

Officers getting some last minute things done before police department can officially open in Pendleton